"Honey, I'm home!" he called from the foyer. From the main entrance, he could see that his wife and his two children were sitting in the dining area waiting for him. His children, a boy of 9 years and a girl of 6 years, were formally dressed for dinner. His wife was also dolled-up in a cocktail dress and high heels although the scowl on her face reduced her attractiveness. At 36 years old, she was heading on the downhill slope but desperately trying to fight it off with Botox and fancy creams.
"You're late," his wife snipped, "The food's getting cold!" He had told his family that there was going to be a formal family dinner tonight at 6 o'clock sharp although he did not come home until 6:40.
Without acknowledging his wife's snide remark, he strode into the living room with his briefcase. He placed his briefcase on the coffee table with a flourish. "Who wants to play a game?" he announced.
Everyone pushed back their chairs in anticipation. They had played this game a couple times before. The kids were especially quick and were almost into the living room in a moment's notice.
"Ah ah ah, stay seated until I say go," he said as he flipped the case open to reveal $5,000 in crisp one dollar bills. "I made a killing today in the stock market. Over $500,000 in gains in just a day. I thought we'd have a nice dinner and play a game to celebrate."
He fanned a stack of bills while his family looked eagerly at him. He tossed a handful in the air, shouting, "Go!"
His wife and his kids ran into the living room and clamored around on the floor. He laughed as he threw more money in the air. Everyone was competing to grab the bills, pushing and shoving as needed. He continued throwing money and watched his wife crawl around on her hands and knees to amass a decent sized pile. The kids put up a good fight and had their own small piles as well before all of the cash was claimed.
"Well, that was fun wasn't it," he said. His family was now busy reorganizing their respective piles into stacks. He walked past them into the dining area to examine the dinner. Everything was perfectly made, but the soup had cooled to the point of forming a skin on the top. Disgusting, but he was not hungry anyway.